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-From: Gianni Mariani <gi2nospam@mariani.ws>
-Date: 26 Jul 2003 04:52:43 GMT
-Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
-Subject: Re: enum count
-
-Clive wrote:
-> If you have an enum, is there any way during execution to find the number of
-> values in the enum?
-> Say I have,
-> 
-> enum great { five, ten, fifteen };
-> 
-> How could I get the number 3 from that?
-> 
-> 
-
-replace the enums with objects that report themselves to a registry.
-
-
-I have done it in the past using a template ...
-
-templace <typename base>
-class ExposedEnum : public base
-{
-	public:
-	int	enum_val;	
-	ExposedEnum( int number )
-	  : enum_val( number )
-	{
-		ExposedEnumRegister<base>::Register( *this );
-	}
-
-	ExposedEnum( int number )
-	  : enum_val( ExposedEnumRegister<base>::GetNextNumber() )
-	{
-		ExposedEnumRegister<base>::Register( *this );
-	}
-
-
-
-// some more stuff ...
-
-	operator int () const
-	{
-		return enum_val;
-	}
-
-	explicit ExposedEnum( const ExposedEnum & foo );
-};
-
-
-template <typename base>
-class ExposedEnumRegister
-{
-
-	static int GetNextNumber ....
-
-	static void Register ....
-
-	static int Count ....
-
-}
-
-
-Now you can forward declare them...
-
-extern ExposedEnum< great > five;
-
-extern ExposedEnum< great > ten;
-
-extern ExposedEnum< great > fifteen;
-
-
-
-
-In a cpp file you can instantiate them.
-
-ExposedEnum< great > five( 5 );
-
-ExposedEnum< great > ten( 10 );
-
-ExposedEnum< great > fifteen;
-
-
-Now, if you want to know how many you have :
-
-ExposedEnumRegister< great >::Count();
-
-
-
-Disclaimer - it's an outline only, yes it's incomplete.
-
-G
-
-$Id$